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How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
How to assess a planning application when there are badgers on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey bats using torches for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments…
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
Register as an ecological consultant to disturb or capture common bats, or damage or destroy low conservation status roosts; find out how to register a site and if you need to pay.
How to assess a planning application when there are hazel (common) dormice on or near a proposed development site.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to take, disturb or possess hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
How to manage beaver activities on your land without a licence and when you need a licence.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
Register to use a licence to displace water voles to allow Internal Drainage Boards to carry out works that could disturb or damage their burrows and report actions taken under this licence.
Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
What you must do to avoid harming hazel dormice and when you’ll need a licence.
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